Is Miniature Refrigeration Coming For The PC?
Is Miniature Refrigeration Coming For The PC?
Posted 07/01/2008 at 10:27am
| by Chris Moody
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Researchers at Purdue University are working on a miniature refrigeration system small enough to fit inside laptops and personal computers. Their research focuses on how to design miniature compressors and evaporators, which are needed for refrigeration systems. Depending on how effective and reliable these systems can be made will determine their actual usability. They could very well suffer from the same trouble as Peltier coolers, which is price and condensation.
We’ll have to stick with conventional PC cooling techniques for awhile. The findings will be detailed in two papers being presented during the 12th International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference and the 19th International Compressor Engineering Conference on July 14-17 at Purdue. It has to be better than spraying your PC with upside-down canned air.
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d00kster
July 01, 2008 at 8:05pm
i'd hope that it's better than spraying an inverted compressed air can, since that stuff is highly flammable
JNorman
July 01, 2008 at 10:34am
First Purdue needs to get in touch with Notre Dame and get their shrink ray. After that they just need to set up a factory on a table and get to work.
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